DO NOT REPLY [Bug 28120] New: - Transform.setParameter doesn't function as an extension mecanism

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Transform.setParameter doesn't function as an extension mecanism

           Summary: Transform.setParameter doesn't function as an extension
                    mecanism
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: CurrentCVS
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: org.apache.xalan.extensions
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: flemaire@activsoft.fr


I don't know if that can be called a bug or if it is a proposed extension, but 
this bothers me. I've tried to do pass an object by calling 
myTransformer.setParameter, then in my stylesheet call a method defined in my 
object, but I got a NoSuchMethodError telling me that my method didn't exist in 
java.lang.String. My guess is that params are transformed into String objects 
before being passed to the stylesheet. It's annoying, because I'd like to pass 
an extension object to the stylesheet from my java code rather than having 
package and class names written in the stylesheet; if I want to change the 
implementation of the interface implemented by my object (which is an URL 
rewriting helper), I have to change package and function names everywhere in my 
stylesheets!